Recently added articles from Youth Studies Australia:

Sorry.(Editorial)(Editorial)

Mar 01, 2008; Headley, Sue ... It is just a word, and the consequences of injustice continue to be experienced by subsequent generations, but the apology was crucial. Without it, attempts to provide justice to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia ring hollow. It has been a momentous ...

Body image causes most concern.(ATTITUDES & OPINIONS)(Brief article)

Mar 01, 2008; Gross, Kate ... Body image became the top concern of young Australians last year, according to the results of Mission Australia's National Survey of Young Australians. Nearly 29,000 young Australians aged 11-24 years took part in the survey, which covered topics such as issues of concern, things valued by ...

Mum and dad are still top role models.(ATTITUDES & OPINIONS)(Brief article)

Mar 01, 2008; Gross, Kate ... Even Spider-Man and Avril Lavigne were no match for mum and dad in this contest: an online survey of close to 2,500 7-14-year-old Australians and New Zealanders has found that a majority of young people nominated one of their parents as their most significant role model. Around 36% of ...

Mateship, safety and democracy win out.(ATTITUDES & OPINIONS)(Brief article)

Mar 01, 2008; Gross, Kate ... The Centre of Educational Research at the University of Western Sydney has released preliminary findings from its national identity survey. Thus far, around 5,000 people have completed the online survey, including 2,500 young people aged 15-25 years. Among these young people, mateship, ...

Studies shed light on internet bullying.(BULLYING & VIOLENCE)(Brief article)

Mar 01, 2008; Gross, Kate ... In December 2007, the Journal of Adolescent Health published a special edition highlighting the growth of internet bullying among young people in recent years and the negative consequences suffered by its victims. A study of 10-15-year-olds published in the journal found that 'youth ...

New findings on mobile phone bullying.(BULLYING & VIOLENCE)

Mar 01, 2008; Gross, Kate ... Preliminary results from a Queensland study suggest that almost all teenagers experience mobile phone bullying. In the Queensland University of Technology study of 218 Queensland teenagers, 93.6% had experienced mobile phone bullying in some form. Associate Professor Judy Drennan, who led ...

Foundation promotes cyber safety.(BULLYING & VIOLENCE)(Telstra Foundation)(Brief article)

Mar 01, 2008; Gross, Kate ... The Telstra Foundation has established a $2 million Cyber Safety program to help address technology-related safety problems among young people such as cyber bullying, internet addiction, identity theft and ...

More violence in the streets of Melbourne.(BULLYING & VIOLENCE)(Australia)(Brief article)

Mar 01, 2008; Gross, Kate ... Police, ambulance officers and hospital emergency staff working in Melbourne and several other Victorian cities have noticed a significant increase in the number and severity of assaults, particularly those involving young people, that have taken place in these areas in the past seven ...

Aussie pride = brand loyalty.(CULTURE)(Australian)(Brief article)

Mar 01, 2008; Gross, Kate ... An article published in the Herald Sun on Australia Day this year investigated a patriotic fashion trend among young people: tattoos with an Australian theme, particularly the Southern Cross. According to the tattoo artists interviewed for the story, the Southern Cross is the most ...

Knowing the risks doesn't help ...(DRUGS)(stopping youth smoking)(Brief article)

Mar 01, 2008; Gross, Kate ... An awareness of the dangers of smoking may not be enough to convince young smokers to quit, a new Australian study has found. The study of 2,671 Australian teenagers from both public and private schools indicates that while those who smoke are more aware than their non-smoking peers of the ...

... Neither do fear campaigns.(DRUGS)(college students unaffected by anti-smoking campaigns)(Brief article)

Mar 01, 2008; Gross, Kate ... A pilot study by researchers from the University of Canberra suggests that, like their high school counterparts (see previous story), university students who smoke remain largely undeterred by anti-smoking campaigns. 'There appear to be two reasons for this--fear-based messages are ignored ...

Anti-drug campaigns may have negative effects.(DRUGS)(Brief article)

Mar 01, 2008; Gross, Kate ... Anti-drug advertising campaigns that use scare tactics to warn young people about the negative effects of drugs may themselves have negative effects, according to a paper published in the November 2007 edition of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. The paper, written by ...

A bad mix.(DRUGS)(cocktails with energy drinks)(Brief article)

Mar 01, 2008; Gross, Kate ... Cocktails which combine spirits with caffeinated energy drinks pose more health and safety risks for their drinkers than alcohol alone, according to a US study. The study--which involved 4,271 students from 10 American universities--found that, compared with young people who drank alcohol ...

Cigarette exposure affects academic performance.(EDUCATION)(Brief article)

Mar 01, 2008; Gross, Kate ... A retrospective study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health in October 2007 indicates that teenagers exposed to secondhand cigarette smoke in the home face an increased likelihood of failing standardised academic achievement tests. The study, led by Dr Bradley Collins from ...

Almost half aren't studying.(EDUCATION)(18-20-year-olds)(Brief article)

Mar 01, 2008; Gross, Kate ... An analysis of data from the most recent Australian census indicates that close to half of Australia's 18-20-year-olds were not engaged in any form of education in 2006. Only half of those young people not engaged in education were working full time. These findings were published in a ...

Uni too costly for regional students.(EDUCATION)(university)(Brief article)

Mar 01, 2008; Gross, Kate ... A joint report released by Charles Sturt University and Monash University in November 2007 recommends that all young people who must leave home to attend university be made automatically eligible to receive full Independent Youth Allowance and Tertiary Access Allowance to help them meet ...

Year 12 not for all students.(EDUCATION)(Brief article)

Mar 01, 2008; Gross, Kate ... Completing Year 12 may not be beneficial to all young people, and the broadening of school curricula to increase student retention rates may be counterproductive, according to Gary Marks, a researcher with the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) and the Melbourne Institute ....

Second-chance learners fail to finish.(EDUCATION)(Brief article)

Mar 01, 2008; Gross, Kate ... While vocational education and training (VET) courses are successful in providing early school leavers with a second chance at education, just 10% of early school leavers (aged 24 years and under) who enrol in certificate III or higher VET courses will complete these courses within four ...

Loneliness a problem for international students.(EDUCATION)(Brief article)

Mar 01, 2008; Gross, Kate ... A new Australian study recommends that universities provide ways for international students to bond 'more effectively' with domestic students in order to address problems of loneliness and isolation among those who come to Australia to study. Researchers from Monash University and the ...

The lasting effects of divorce.(FAMILIES)(Brief article)

Mar 01, 2008; Gross, Kate ... A long-term study of 52 Californian families who have experienced divorce indicates that many children whose parents have divorced suffer academically, socially and psychologically for many years following a divorce, even those whose parents divorce amicably. The researchers at San ...